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town (1990 pop. 17,872), Middlesex co., E Mass., NW of Boston; settled c.1680, inc. 1735. Among its manufactures are electrical machinery, chemicals, ...
( k´´t n m ´s n) (KEY) , any one of a group of antibiotics produced by bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. Actinomycin was the first antibiotic rep...
( ´k sh) (KEY) , in the Bible, king of Gath with whom David took refuge. He is called Abimelech in the title of Psalm 34....
(äbrä-äm´ bôs) (KEY) , 1602–76, French engraver and painter. He studied art in Paris and became a teacher of perspective in the Académie royal...
1803–78, Scottish portrait painter. He was self-taught in painting, for which he abandoned a career in law. He began as a painter of hunting scenes ...
1783–1859, English landscape painter, a follower of John Constable. He is best known for his watercolors of Welsh scenery, of which he produced a gr...